I honestly thought he was going to lose by an embarrassing landslide last time. I wasn't just hoping, I was convinced from here in Australia. Heck I even put $100 on Kamala, first time in my life betting on politics.

Strange times indeed.

[–] carlossurf@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

Nah kamala is just super unlikable, dems shot themselves in the foot again. Instead of having an electing where dems could pick their fav candidate the dem establishment picked one of the most unpopular ones. But anyone will a brain cell can see kamala is the better choice over trump but still, americans lack commons sense

[–] Zero22xx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Same from here in South Africa. Reddit had me fooled that we were about to finally enter a period where this fucking orange painted clown isn't stinking up the news with his shit filled diaper on a daily basis, after like 10 long years of it.

I was expecting the inbred hillbillies to still vote for Trump but I didn't realise how many closeted inbred hillbillies there were in the USA.

[–] DiaDeLosMuertos@aussie.zone 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Evidently a lot of idiots. Sadly I have friends over here that think he's great. They know to not talk about it to me, and really what's the point. They see a few minutes a week of him " saying it how it is" and "getting things done".

I don't bother arguing with rump supporters, it's a waste of time.

On another note, I have travelled through your country a little bit back in 1998. Bloody beautiful scenery. Jo Burg was a bit scary.

[–] Zero22xx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

1998, I was 12 years old lol. The '90s were peak South Africa from my perspective. When we were all still high on Mandela, before Jacob Zuma came along and killed every last bit of hope for the future. That beautiful scenery unfortunately usually only gets seen by tourists because the rest of us are too busy trying to put food on the table.

All I've seen of Australia was the inside of an airport on my way to New Zealand lol.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Also in Australia. It blew my mind. Seriously. I think it broke me a little bit to realise how monumentally fucking STUPID people en masse are. I mean, I kinda suspected it all along, but I was clearly unable to even imagine the actual scale of it.

[–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 0 points 1 month ago

The election was stolen. Here's proof. https://www.gregpalast.com/trump-lost-vote-suppression-won/